World through the aperture

A cat slinks through snowdrops in a garden in Dortmund, western Germany, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

The India Gate Monument is seen behind a fountain in New Delhi, India, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A man sails his model boat on the boating lake at New Brighton, Britain, on February 21, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)A swan flaps its wings on the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in central London, Britain, as the capital basks in sunshine, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A person plays with the snow near El Hongo, in Tecate, Baja California State, Mexico, on February 22, 2019. (Photo by AFP)Beached yachts are seen on Manoel Island as gale force winds lash the Maltese islands, in Sliema, Malta, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)A passenger train moves along an illuminated bridge of the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Yenisei River, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)A man skis down a slope in front of wind turbines outside the Belarusian village of Kreva, some 100 km northwest of Minsk, Belarus, on February 24, 2019. (Photo by AFP)